1979 IMSA GT Championship

The 1979 Winston GT season was the 9th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was a series for GTX class Group 5 cars and GTO and GTU class Grand tourer cars. It began February 3, 1979, and ended November 25, 1979, after fifteen rounds.

Schedule

Not all classes participated in shorter events. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time.

Rnd	Race	Length	Class	Circuit	Date
1	24 Hour Pepsi Challenge	24 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	February 3 February 4
2	Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 17
3	Road Atlanta Grand Prix	75 Miles	GTU	Road Atlanta	April 8
3	Road Atlanta Grand Prix	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Road Atlanta	April 8
4	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix	6 Hours	All	Riverside International Raceway	April 22
5	Datsun Monterey Triple Crown	45 Minutes	GTU	Laguna Seca Raceway	April 29
5	Datsun Monterey Triple Crown	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Laguna Seca Raceway	April 29
6	Mother's Day Grand Prix	1 Hour	GTU	Hallett Motor Racing Circuit	May 13
6	Mother's Day Grand Prix	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Hallett Motor Racing Circuit	May 13
7	Coca-Cola 350	45 Minutes	GTU	Lime Rock Park	May 28
7	Coca-Cola 350	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Lime Rock Park	May 28
8	Pepsi Grand Prix	100 Miles	All	Brainerd International Raceway	June 17
9	Paul Revere 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	July 4
10	Mid-Ohio GT 250	250 Miles	All	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	July 15
11	Sprite Grand Prix	75 Miles	GTU	Sears Point International Raceway	July 29
11	Sprite Grand Prix	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Sears Point International Raceway	July 29
12	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Portland International Raceway	August 5
12	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	45 Minutes	GTU	Portland International Raceway	August 5
13	Pabst 500	500 Miles	All	Road America	September 2
14	Grand Prix of Road Atlanta	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Road Atlanta	September 23
14	Grand Prix of Road Atlanta	75 Miles	GTU	Road Atlanta	September 23
15	Winston GT 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	November 25

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GTX Winning Team	GTO Winning Team	GTU Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	GTX Winning Drivers	GTO Winning Drivers	GTU Winning Drivers	Results
1	Daytona	#0 Interscope Racing	#65 Modena Sports Cars	#7 Mazda Technical Center	Results
1	Daytona	Ted Field Danny Ongais Hurley Haywood	John Morton Tony Adamowicz	Yoshimi Katayama Takashi Yorino Yojiro Terada	Results
2	Sebring	#9 Dick Barbour Racing	#38 Boricua Racing	#60 E. J. Pruitt & Sons	Results
2	Sebring	Bob Akin Rob McFarlin Roy Woods	Bonky Fernandez Tato Ferrer Chiqui Soldevilla	Rusty Bond Ren Tilton	Results
3	Road Atlanta	#59 Brumos Porsche	#55 Johnson Racing	#83 Electramotive	Results
3	Road Atlanta	Peter Gregg	Howard Meister	Don Devendorf	Results
4	Riverside	#94 Whittington Bros. Racing	#07 Morrison's	#83 Electramotive	Results
4	Riverside	Don Whittington Bill Whittington	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Don Devendorf Tony Adamowicz	Results
5	Laguna Seca	#59 Brumos Porsche	#55 Johnson Racing	#83 Electramotive	Results
5	Laguna Seca	Peter Gregg	Howard Meister	Don Devendorf	Results
6	Hallett	#2 McLaren North America	#55 Johnson Racing	#64 Dennis Aase	Results
6	Hallett	David Hobbs	Howard Meister	Dennis Aase	Results
7	Lime Rock	#59 Brumos Porsche	#55 Johnson Racing	#38 Sam Posey	Results
7	Lime Rock	Peter Gregg	Howard Meister	Sam Posey	Results
8	Brainerd	#59 Brumos Porsche	#55 Johnson Racing	#7 Walt Bohren Racing	Results
8	Brainerd	Peter Gregg	Howard Meister	Walt Bohren	Results
9	Daytona	#5 Busch Beer Racing	#99 Phil Curran	#83 Electramotive	Results
9	Daytona	Charles Mendez Hurley Haywood	Phil Curran	Don Devendorf	Results
10	Mid-Ohio	#59 Brumos Porsche	#55 Johnson Racing	#83 Electramotive	Results
10	Mid-Ohio	Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood	Howard Meister Alan Johnson	Don Devendorf	Results
11	Sears Point	#59 Brumos Porsche	#55 Johnson Racing	#83 Electramotive	Results
11	Sears Point	Peter Gregg	Howard Meister	Don Devendorf	Results
12	Portland	#59 Brumos Porsche	#21 Neil Shelton	#83 Electramotive	Results
12	Portland	Peter Gregg	Neil Shelton	Don Devendorf	Results
13	Road America	#2 McLaren North America	#44 Group 44	#79 Sports Ltd. Racing	Results
13	Road America	David Hobbs Derek Bell	Bob Tullius Brian Fuerstenau	Bob Bergstrom Rick Knoop	Results
14	Road Atlanta	#59 Brumos Porsche	#25 Deren Automobile	#83 Electramotive	Results
14	Road Atlanta	Peter Gregg	Kenper Miller	Don Devendorf	Results
15	Daytona	#94 Whittington Bros. Racing	#46 DeNavarez Racing	#83 Electramotive	Results
15	Daytona	Bill Whittington	Mauricio DeNavarez	Don Devendorf	Results

External links

World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1979 IMSA GT Championship results

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